Chess
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Discovering Cape Town’s eclectic listening bars, where nightlife is redefined
The popularity of two Cape Town listening bars points to the need for more eclectic music spaces
Rise of the indomitable chess machines
While sophisticated programs increase the risk of cheating in tournaments, they reveal ever deeper insights to analysts and players
Niemann v Carlsen: Computers have killed the heart and soul of chess
A high-level cheating scandal that is rocking the game demonstrates the insidious takeover of the sport by artificial intelligence-powered machines
Nigerian chess champ lifts the lives of teenagers living under a bridge
Babatunde Onakoya’s actions are being compared with that of Robert Katende from the movie, ‘Queen of Katwe’, thanks to his nonprofit, Chess in Slums Africa
The most bizarre cheats in sporting history
Doping bridge players? Cyclist gangs? Some competitors will go to any lengths to win
‘Berserker’ chess mate quite Uigly
Another Lewis chess piece has been found
Praggnanandhaa playing like a Grandmaster ‘before he became one’
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won the title at an event in northern Italy that ended on Sunday
Slice of life: A cool new voice in gaming
‘In 2012 everyone else was blogging about food and fashion but there was no cool black voice talking about gaming’
Thousands to benefit from chess as a teaching tool
President Jacob Zuma hopes that an old game will help learners improve their maths skills.
No qualms over Gaddafi game, says chess boss
The controversial head of world chess said on Monday he had no qualms about playing Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli while fighting raged across Libya.
The new chess queen
Alexandra Kosteniuk — sometimes dubbed the ”Anna Kournikova of chess” — last month became the 14th women’s world chess champion.
The father who breeds geniuses
Long before his three daughters were born, Hungarian teacher Laszlo Polgar planned that they would grow up to be chess Grandmasters. And they have.